There is a lot of junk in the various app stores (just as there is on the Internet generally) but the overall quality and quantity of incredible educational app

There is a lot of junk in the various app stores (just as there is on the Internet generally) but the overall quality and quantity of incredible educational apps is growing- quickly. When used effectively, we have seen students using iPads double their learning outcomes in a single school year. The issue is that the evaluation sustems are in their infancy- the review sites cited in the article are pretty useless because they rarely go more than skin deep. My company, eSpark, evaluates and curates the best tablet apps for use in schools, and we apply rigorous review to make sure they work. I've been really impressed by how much the ecosystem has changed in the last few years and can't wait for more classrooms to catch up.